| PASIFIKA | Annual festival held in Auckland (8) |
| SUNDANCE | Annual festival held in Park City, Utah |
| NOTTINGHILL | ___ Carnival, annual festival held in London since 1966 (7,4) |
| TULIP | One of the flower types displayed at an annual festival held in Amsterdam (5) |
| PURIM | The Feast of Lots, a Jewish annual festival held in February or March (5) |
| EISTEDDFODS | Annual festivals held in Wales, featuring competitions in music, poetry and drama (11) |
| STARGAZY | ____ pie, Cornish dish traditionally eaten during an annual festival held on December 23 (8) |
| TROPFEST | Annual outdoor short film festival, held in Sydney and broadcast globally (8) |
| GREENMAN | Annual music and arts festival held in Wales that was founded in 2003 (5,3) |
| GLORIOUS | ____ Goodwood, popular term for a five day annual horse racing festival held in West Sussex (8) |
| FREAKNIK | Annual HBCU spring festival held in Atlanta in the 80s and 90s |
| MONTEREY | Jazz festival held in California (8) |
| GOODWOOD | Glorious ___ , summer flat racing horse festival held in West Sussex (8) |
| PAMPLONA | The 'running of the bulls' is the main attraction of the San Fermin festival held in this Spanish ci |
| AVONDALE | A suburb in Auckland and Christchurch (8) |
| FLATBUSH | Suburb in Auckland also known as Ormiston (8) |
| SEAFARER | ___ Inflatables - NZ boat company based in Auckland (8) |
| BREAKERS | Professional basketball team based in Auckland (8) |
| FRANKLIN | Open link mostly for a ward in Auckland (8) |
| IRONLADY | Tough leader's sarcasm about left wingers in Auckland |